Calling all startups: Asia’s most exciting deep tech pitching competition is back!
This is your chance to anchor yourself in Singapore – one of the world’s top innovation nodes – and compete for over S$1.1M (US$800,000) in attractive prizes!
In our fifth edition, we are looking for startups in four emerging challenge sectors to showcase your game-changing solutions and products. Make the pitch of a lifetime to a global audience of major investors, industry leaders, and thought leaders!
Shortlisted startups will be given the opportunity to develop corporate partnerships and join us at Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology 2021 (SWITCH 2021).
CHALLENGE SECTORS
Digital Technologies
The adoption of digital technology has accelerated rapidly in the last year, across industries, consumer segments, and global cities. In Southeast Asia, 40 million people adopted digital technologies for the first time in 2020, and the internet economy in the region is expected to reach over US$300 billion by 2025. SLINGSHOT seeks promising startups that can ride the digital wave in Asia. This includes startups with innovative applications of the following technologies:
Data & Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
5G
Cybersecurity
Consumer Technologies
Health & Wellness
Cutting-edge technology in the Healthtech, Biotech and Medtech sectors continues to be in demand. In addition to recent shifts in healthcare trends, growing silver populations also present an array of opportunities for innovation. Join us if you have disruptive solutions in the following areas:
MedTech
BioTech
HealthTech
Ageing
Smart Cities
Asia is home to 16 of the world’s 28 megacities. Rapid urbanization and exploding urban populations offer opportunities for smart city solutions to address the growing pressures on the city’s resources, transport networks, and infrastructure. Innovative startups in the following areas are welcome to participate:
Industry 4.0
Transportation & Logistics
Urban Mobility
Urban Sustainability
IoT & Sensors
Sustainability
Even as Southeast Asia recovers from recent economic challenges, it continues to bear the brunt of global climate change and its myriad effects. Regional government and industry leaders have made sustainable practices and green solutions a key priority, generating US$1 trillion economic opportunities annually in the Southeast Asian region by 2030. If you have a game-changing innovation that tackles climate change and makes sustainability more attainable, this category is for you:
Agriculture Technology
Clean Technology
Food Technology
Green Technology